Al-Qaida takes responsibility of attack on Hebdo

International Politics /

Al-Qaida has taken the responsibility of the attack on the satirical news magazine Charlie Hebdo by saying that it had directed the attack “as revenge for the honour” of Prophet Muhammad.

It has also warned of more attacks if the “abuse of Muslims continues”.

Cherif Kouachi, one of the attackers, had claimed before his death that he was financed by Yemeni Qaida preacher Anwar alAwlaki.
His older brother, Saeed, was trained by a Qaida affiliate in Yemen in 2011.

What is Al-Qaida?

  • A global militant Islamist organization
  • Founded by Osama bin Laden, Abdullah Azzam, and several other militants
  • Founded at some point between August 1988 and late 1989
  • It’s origins go back to the Soviet war in Afghanistan.
  • It operates as a network comprising both a multinational, stateless army and an Islamist, extremist, wahhabi, jihadist group.
  • It has been designated as a terrorist organization by
    1. the United Nations Security Council
    2. the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO)
    3. the European Union
    4. the United States
    5. Russia
    6. India
    7. various other countries.
  • Al-Qaeda has carried out many attacks on targets that it considers as kafir.

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